Speed Reader: FIA Europe’s Simon Puleston Jones making his way through MiFID II

EU regulation continues to wind its way through the system. That’s keeping Simon Puleston Jones a busy man.

As chief executive of FIA Europe, he’s busy making his way through the EU’s 845-page consultation document that contains 860-plus questions, as part of a 10-week consultation process that ends on August 1 for the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive, or MiFID See more +

EU regulation continues to wind its way through the system. That’s keeping Simon Puleston Jones a busy man.

As chief executive of FIA Europe, he’s busy making his way through the EU’s 845-page consultation document that contains 860-plus questions, as part of a 10-week consultation process that ends on August 1 for the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive, or MiFID II.

John Lothian News spoke with him about what’s in it and what it means for the industry.

“That’s a hell of a lot of reading for the industry to do,” he said. “Part of the challenge for us is working out how we can get the feedback from the industry, package that up and put a nice bow around it and give it to regulators in a way that they are going to be able to understand in the time that is available.” See less -

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